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July 27, 2017
The body of a missing police colonel was found on July 25 in a stream in northern Rakhine State following a boating accident in Buthidaung township...
July 26, 2017
Monks in Rakhine State’s Thandwe township have refused to take down a Ma Ba Tha signboard, even after the state Sangha announced the nationalist...
July 26, 2017
Residents near Rakhine State’s capital are furious after a road-blocking gate erected last month has made it difficult to commute and stands in the...
Flooding in Thaton (Photo: Internet)
July 26, 2017
Heavy rains and overflowing creeks caused flooding in over 16,000 acres of Thaton District farmland, according to the state Agriculture Department...
July 26, 2017
(30 May-2 July 2017) Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Yes, I have been guilty of...
July 26, 2017
Myanmar authorities should immediately and unconditionally release two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders who have been arbitrarily detained since...
U Hla Maung Shwe
July 25, 2017
<p>U Hla Maung Shwe began working as a senior advisor to the Myanmar Peace Center and as a secretary in the Union Peace Dialogue Joint...
July 25, 2017
<p>After a Kachin man allegedly disappeared following his arrest by the Tatmadaw last month, his relatives submitted a letter on July 24...
Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, talks to media during a press conference after her 13 days visit, Yangon, Myanmar, 21 July 2017. Yanghee Lee visited Myanmar from 09 July to 21 July 2017 as her sixth visit. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
July 25, 2017
While no one expects an overnight transition to democracy in Myanmar, there has to be real progress on human rights, an independent United Nations...
July 25, 2017
A low-cost, subsidized medical clinic reopened last week in Kyaukkyi, Bago Region, expanding the remote area’s health care options, according to...
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July 25, 2017
At least six dozen buildings in northern Rakhine (Arakan) State were destroyed by a tornado that struck on July 24, according to damage lists...
A meeting of the Complaint and Appeal Letter Review and Assessment Committee. (photo: Aung Kyaw Thu/ Facebook)
July 25, 2017
After more than a year accepting complaints from Mon State residents, the most common issues brought before the Hluttaw (parliament) are land...